九年级（上）期中试卷
英语
（考试时间：120分钟 满分：120分）
第一卷 选择题（共60分）
一、听力(共20小题；每小题1分，共20分)，略。
二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从ABCD四个选项中，选出可以空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21.-My dream is to build a school on Mars some day.
-It sounds like unusual dream.I wish you could realize it. A.a B.an C.the D./ 22.-It’s of Yangxiaoming to save the boy who fell into the river. -Yes.He is a great man of our times.
A.brave B.confident C.polite D.energetic 23.-Alice looks so beautiful today.
-Yes.All the girls are with envy when they see her new dress. A.green B.blue C.black D.white
24.-Mike,I think Peter is the only suitable person for this position although he is a little old. -I agree.Most of the others are young.They have any experience. A.nearly B.highly C.hardly D.heavily 25.-China doesn’t have a strong football team.
-I think so.I’m afraid it will be one hundred of years China wins the World Cup. A.since B.until C.after D.when 26.-How do like the movie THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN?
-Fantastic! the first movie the second one is wonderful. A.Either,or B.Neither,nor C.Not only,but also D.Both,and
27.We recommend Dr.Zhang the chief manager because he has made great achievements.
A.for B.as C.by D.with
28.A recent shows that sport activities may help students do better in class. A.reason B.research C.reply D.record 29.-People’s social customs and habits are by their cultures.Do you think so? -Yes.So we should behave properly when we are abroad.
A.imagined B.impressed C.influenced D.introduced 30.-When did your father come back yesterday?
-Well,I couldn’t remember the exact time.He got home while I a shower. A.took B.am taking C.take D.was taking
31.The little girl likes staying with her grandfather because he can always new stories for her.
A.bring up B.put up C.make up D.take up
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32.Our English teacher in our school for 20 years and he here when he was 23 years old.
A.has taught,came B.taught,came C.has taught,has come D.taught,has come 33.-How long does it take to get to the airport?
-About forty minutes.But it’s foggy today.I’m not sure .Let’s go earlier. A.when will the highway be closed B.how will the highway be closed soon C.why the highway has been closed D.whether the highway will be closed soon 34.-I’m afraid I have to give up my dream of being a singer. - .No dream is too big and no dreamer is too small. A.That’s all right. B.Don’t lose heart. C.Don’t mention it D.You must be joking. 35.-I failed to achieve the pass mark by only one per cent in my English exam. -What a pity! . A.Better late than never B.Practice makes perfect C.A miss is as good as a mile D.Many hands make light work
三、完形填空（共10题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Think about all the emotions expressed in the music you listen to: joy, happiness, loneliness, nervousness, and, of course, sadness. Music with 36 themes is often called the \Blues music 37 in the United States among Southern blacks after the Civil War. When slaves（奴隶） were brought to America from Africa, they brought their musical traditions with them. 38 with folk and popular music of whites, these African musical traditions developed into the blues.
The blues is believed to have 39 in the Mississippi Delta, a wedge-shaped region（楔形的地域）in northern Mississippi between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. This is a rural area where the 40 black people lived -- this lifestyle created a 41 for the expression of sadness that is so often sung in the blues. The 42 in this area -- poverty, racism（种族歧视）, and hard working situations – 43 many blacks to go north, to cities such as Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit. The blues did not vanish from the Mississippi countryside, 44, and in 1978, the
Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival was 45 to celebrate and promote the blues and the culture of the Mississippi Delta people. What started out on the back of a flatbed truck is now the oldest and largest blues festival in the South, with 20,000 visitors and performances on three festival stages.
36. A.natural B. sad C.serious D.happy 37. A. lasted B.happened C.played D.developed 38. A.Mixed B.Matched C.Connected D.Covered 39. A.remained B.started C.succeeded D.moved 40. A.strongest B.laziest C.luckiest D.poorest 41. A.hope B.plan C.need D.fear
42. A.conditions B.backgrounds C.dangers D.resources
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43. A.allowed B.led C.took D.encouraged 44. A.Perhaps B.Anyway C.However D.Also
45. A.opened up B.put up C.set up D.picked up
四、阅读理解（共15小题，每题一分，共15分）。
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
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